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**raptor_pa** · 12-15-2008, 07:07 PM

305 is probably about right a formatted 320 - my Maxtor 320 shows 301 under XP Pro SP2. Vista uses a different partition table than XP Guid Partition Table ( GPT ) rather than MBR. Even though it is supposed to preserve the MBR information I'm beginning to doubt the success of that. Best thing you could do is download a copy of DBan, 0 wipe the drive, select the OS you prefer and repartition and reformat then install. No real performance increase with multiple partitions on the same physical drive.

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raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,518 OS: XP	Re: Please help: Having huge trouble installing OS on a new WD SATA2 HDD. 305 is probably about right a formatted 320 - my Maxtor 320 shows 301 under XP Pro SP2. Vista uses a different partition table than XP Guid Partition Table ( GPT ) rather than MBR. Even though it is supposed to preserve the MBR information I'm beginning to doubt the success of that. Best thing you could do is download a copy of DBan, 0 wipe the drive, select the OS you prefer and repartition and reformat then install. No real performance increase with multiple partitions on the same physical drive.